This doesn’t count as my post for today, but I have a burning question and I would like some feedback.  Here it is:
Is a 7 year-old old enough to go away to  sleep-away summer camp for one week?
Where I came from, summer camp was not something people did  (except for sports camps in high school), [...]

I am going to dive right in and start answering questions. Please feel free to keep adding to the list.  My rusty typing fingers need as much lube as they can get.
And for all of you who are so ansty for my MIL story, another few days might help me calm down enough to write [...]

We are heading into our last week of summer break. I have to pat myself on the back and say that this summer was a good one. While I did complain a bit, I think both the girls and I have enjoyed it. No one died of boredom and my head didn’t explode from a [...]

With all the attempted (and failed) house selling last spring, I put off finding a preschool for L.    Now, on August first, I have realized that I need to find her a slot or suffer the repercussions.  (The primary repercussion being another year of having only a tenuous grasp on my sanity because I have [...]

Today, M mentioned in passing that she didn’t have reading.  (She goes to another classroom for language arts.)  This happens pretty frequently, whenever the other class has standardized testing or special projects etc.
But this time, M let it slip that she didn’t go directly back to her kindergarten class when she found out there was [...]